Diploma of Cornelius Coolidge, AB, 1798

Handwritten diploma with the Harvard University seal conferring a bachelor's degree on Cornelius Coolidge and signed by the members of the Harvard Corporation: President Joseph Willard; Fellows Oliver Wendell, John Lowell, James Bowdoin, Simeon Howard, and John Lathrop; and Treasurer Ebenezer Storer.

Perspectives of Teachers Regarding the Integration of Mathematics and Science at the Secondary School Level

The integration of mathematics and science in secondary schools in the 21st century continues to be an important topic of practice and research. The purpose of my research study, which builds on studies by Frykholm and Glasson (2005) and Berlin and White (2010), is to explore the potential constraints and benefits of integrating mathematics and science in Ontario secondary schools based on the perspectives of in-service and pre-service teachers with various math and/or science backgrounds. A qualitative and quantitative research design with an exploratory approach was used. The qualitative data was collected from a sample of 12 in-service teachers with various math and/or science backgrounds recruited from two school boards in Eastern Ontario. The quantitative and some qualitative data was collected from a sample of 81 pre-service teachers from the Queen’s University Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) program. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the in-service teachers while a survey and a focus group was conducted with the pre-service teachers. Once the data was collected, the qualitative data were abductively analyzed. For the quantitative data, descriptive and inferential statistics (one-way ANOVAs and Pearson Chi Square analyses) were calculated to examine perspectives of teachers regardless of teaching background and to compare groups of teachers based on teaching background. The findings of this study suggest that in-service and pre-service teachers have a positive attitude towards the integration of math and science and view it as valuable to student learning and success. The pre-service teachers viewed the integration as easy and did not express concerns to this integration. On the other hand, the in-service teachers highlighted concerns and challenges such as resources, scheduling, and time constraints. My results illustrate when teachers perceive it is valuable to integrate math and science and which aspects of the classroom benefit best from the integration. Furthermore, the results highlight barriers and possible solutions to better the integration of math and science. In addition to the benefits and constraints of integration, my results illustrate why some teachers may opt out of integrating math and science and the different strategies teachers have incorporated to integrate math and science in their classroom.

Modelling and control of refrigeration systems: an account of a pedagogic experiment in a post-secondary technical course

Comunicação apresentada no CYTEF 2016/VIII Congresso Ibérico | VI Congresso Ibero-Americano de Ciências e Técnicas do Frio, 3-6 maio 2016, Coimbra, Portugal

¿Qué significa tener una beca de estudio de la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires? Relato de una experiencia

Las becas que otorga la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC) cada año se presentan como una opción interesante para alumnos avanzados y graduados que deseen iniciarse en la investigación científica y técnica. Tradicionalmente, el área de desempeño laboral y profesional de los graduados de las carreras de Licenciatura y Profesorado en Educación Física ha sido la docencia, por ello, este documento tiene por objetivo explicar, a partir de una experiencia personal, qué se requiere para acceder a una Beca de Estudio de la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y cuáles son los antecedentes más importantes para la aprobación de este tipo de beca. Se expondrá el plan de investigación de la autora, el cual fue aprobado y continúa en actividad al momento, y por último, se describirán las tareas que el becario debe desempeñar una vez obtenida la Beca de Estudio

¿Qué significa tener una beca de estudio de la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires? Relato de una experiencia

Las becas que otorga la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC) cada año se presentan como una opción interesante para alumnos avanzados y graduados que deseen iniciarse en la investigación científica y técnica. Tradicionalmente, el área de desempeño laboral y profesional de los graduados de las carreras de Licenciatura y Profesorado en Educación Física ha sido la docencia, por ello, este documento tiene por objetivo explicar, a partir de una experiencia personal, qué se requiere para acceder a una Beca de Estudio de la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y cuáles son los antecedentes más importantes para la aprobación de este tipo de beca. Se expondrá el plan de investigación de la autora, el cual fue aprobado y continúa en actividad al momento, y por último, se describirán las tareas que el becario debe desempeñar una vez obtenida la Beca de Estudio